Philosophy of Love and Sex - PHIL-225

The Critical Path is an important document because it sets out, module by module, everything you should do and when you should do it.

Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Sessions/Office Hours: Tuesdays @ 10AM start

All assigned work is typically due by 11:59pm on Sunday of the module where it is listed.

Last Day to Withdraw With Refund: May 13, 2022: Last Day to Withdraw Without Academic Penalty: July 15, 2022

Summer Reading Week: Monday June 20, 2022 - Friday June 24, 2022

Week Topics, Readings, and Activities %

Module 1. Classical Typology of Love
Readings:

1  Alan Soble, "Varieties of Love"

May 2-8
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 Quiz# 2 (Due by May 8 @ 11:59PM)

Module 2. Varieties of Love (con’t)

Readings:
2
May 9-15  Alan Soble, "Varieties of Love"
 Discussion # 1—Mods 1-2 (Due by Sun May 15 @ 11:59PM)

Module 3. Aristotle on Self-love

Readings:
3
 Aristotle, "On Self-love" from Nicomachean Ethics
May 16-22

 Quiz# 3 (Due by May 22 @ 11:59PM)

Module 4. Philia: Aristotle on Friendship

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Readings:
May 23-29
 Aristotle, “On Friendship” from Nicomachean Ethics

 Test# 1 --Modules 1-3-- Due by Sun, May 29 @ 11:59PM)

 Quiz# 4 (Due by Sun, May 29 @ 11:59PM)
 Discussion # 2 - Mods 3-4 (Due by Sun May 29 @ 11:59PM)
 Module 5. Eros: Erotic Love and Lust in the Speech of Aristophanes
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Readings:
May 30-
 Plato, “Speech of Aristophanes” from Symposium
June 5

 Quiz# 5 (Due by Sun June 5 @ 11:59PM)

Module 6. Eros: Erotic Love and Lust in the Poetry of Sappho

Readings:
 Sappho, “Fragments”: 31, 94, 130, 147
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June 6-12
 Quiz# 6 (Due by Sun June 12 @ 11:59PM)

 Discussion # 3 - Mods 5-6 (Due by Sun June 12 @ 11:59PM)

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 Test# 2-- Modules 4-6-- Due by Sun, June 12 @ 11:59PM)
June 13-19
No class this week. No new module.
Followed by Reading week June 20-24

Module 8. Eros: Sex and Naturalism in the Bible

Readings:
8
 The Bible
June 27-
o Genesis 1-3
July 3
o Leviticus 18
o St. Paul, Romans 1

 Quiz# 7 (Due by Sun July 3 @ 11:59PM)

 Module 9. Eros: Sex and Naturalism in Marquis De Sade

Readings:

 Marquis De Sade, “Philosophy in the Bedroom”

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July 4-10
 Discussion # 4 - Mods 8-9 (Due by Sun July 10 @ 11:59PM)

 Quiz# 8 (Due by Sun July 10 @ 11:59PM)

Module 10. Eros: Sex and Naturalism in Science and Social Science
Readings:
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July 11-17  Michael Ruse, "The Morality of Homosexuality"
 Leonore Tiefer, "The Kiss"

 Quiz# 9 (Due by Sun July 17 @ 11:59PM)

Module 11. Eros: Sex and Naturalism in Philosophy

11 Readings:
July 18-24  Thomas Nagel, “Sexual Perversion.”

 Discussion # 5 - Mods 10-11 (Due by Sun July 24 @ 11:59PM)

 Quiz# 10 (Due by Sun July 24 @ 11:59PM)

12 Module 12. Agape: The Beautiful in Plato's Symposium

July 25-31 Readings:

 Plato, “The Speech of Socrates” from Symposium

 Quiz# 11 (Due by Sun July 31 @ 11:59PM)

 Module 13. Agape: Buddhism and Christianity
Readings:
 E.A. Burtt, “The Bodhisattva's Vow of Universal Redemption.”
13  The Bible: St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 13
Aug 1- 7

 Quiz# 12-- BONUS (Due by Sun Aug 7 @ 11:59PM)

14 Final EXAM 25% (Modules 8-13)

Aug 8 - 12 August 10

Evaluation Summary
35%
Total for 5 Discussions (7% each)

10%
Total for 10 Quizzes (1% each)

30%
Total for 2 Tests (15% each)

25%
Final Exam
TOTAL 100%